Date:         Mon, 11 Feb 2002 16:53:23 -0700
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From:         John Brush <jbrush@AROS.NET>
Subject:      Re: Gas tachometer in a Diesel
Comments: To: Scott Sullivan <gersil0@LYCOS.COM>
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>I am looking at replacing the instrument panel in my ô82 D-Westy with a
>later model gas one.  My main reason is to add the tach and quite clock.
>I would rather do that than use an after market tach.

>Has anyone done this?  If so please give me some advice.

Yes. First, send the message back to the list and to the sender, then send
again only this time with the information in the email......... <oops!>

If you have a Bentley, its really easy to hook up because the connectors
on the back of the panel allow you to pull the wires and rearrange them in
the proper order. If you have no Bentley, I will search my backups for
several jpgs that I made from the manual describing the wiring.

Probably the crappiest part of the job is running the tach wire from the
coil up to the dash. Inside or out, its not all that much fun. Use a heavy
wire, like a 14 awg.

I did this last fall with an air-cooled.  I like the Tach, and the clock
is a nice bonus. The only bummer was the speedo that I got from the
boneyard did not attach to the cable the same as my original one, so I
lost out on the trip odometer. A new cable would fix me up, but that
sounds like a spring-time thing to me.

Lemme know what you find and if you get stuck, give a yell. Not much to it
actually.

Regards,

John
WVC, UT